Enigma People Solutions is recruiting a Principal/Senior Analog Mixed Signal verification engineer to join our client’s expanding Design Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland. You will be part of a new verification team which collaborates on the mixed-signal verification of gate-driver ICs and embedded SoCs based on innovative new core architectures. This team is critical to our client’s new product development plans including advanced power control IC’s for a broad range of product applications.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Implementation of chip-level mixed signal simulation environments
• Production of AMS Verification Plan
• Develop chip-level self-checking models
• Chip top-level verification sign-off ahead of first silicon tape-out
• Coordinate verification responsibilities with Digital and Analog Design/Verification teams.
• Maintenance and continuous improvement of verification methodology, automation, and regression control.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

Internal

• Collaborate with Systems engineers.
• Collaborate with Digital design and Verification engineers.
• Collaborate with Analog design engineers.
• Collaborate on requirements and verification tests definition with the wider team.

External

• Liaise with off-site design teams as required.
• Communicate with EDA and tool vendors.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential Qualifications:

• Possess at least a bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering (MSEE preferred)
• Should have several years’ experience in AMS verification
• Must be knowledgeable in both Analog and digital design fundamentals.

Desirable:

• Experience of SystemVerilog programming
• Requirements tracker like Jama (or equivalent)
• Knowledge of UVM-MS concepts

Skills, Knowledge and Aptitudes

• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient using Cadence tools: Virtuoso, AMS designer (Maestro/CLIPS)
• Sufficient understanding of Analog/mixed signal design practices to allow for creation of accurate behavioural models in SV RNM, Verilog-ams.
• Able to solve challenging problems during verification and debug
• Some scripting knowledge to facilitate the regression testing of designs (e.g. Tcl, Python, POSIX shell).